London Irish thrash Welsh

London Irish ran seven tries past London Welsh to cruise to a 45-28 Premiership win at Madejski Stadium on Saturday.

London Irish ran seven tries past London Welsh to cruise to a 45-28 Premiership win at Madejski Stadium on Saturday.

London Welsh led for much of the first half but a quickfire treble of tries just after the hour secured victory for Irish.

Gordon Ross's seventh-minute penalty put the visitors in front, but their lead was short-lived, as Irish found an instant response to hit the front, when Guy Armitage muscled his way over the line following good work at the line-out.

Ian Humphreys' conversion made it 7-3, though the plucky visitors remained in the contest through Seb Stegmann's unconverted try.

A flurry of points before the second half saw Irish's lead extended, with Halani Aulika and Chris Hala'ufia crossing for a quickfire brace of tries after Welsh head taken the lead through Nick Scott's well-worked try.

There were plenty more points in the second half, and Irish wasted little time in extending their lead, as Aulika crossed for his second try for Humphreys to convert.

Welsh remained in the contest through two quickfire Ross penalties, but three home tries in ten minutes just after the hour killed the game as a contest.

Humphreys converted all three tries to make it 47-21, though Welsh's efforts throughout the contest were rewarded with the final points of the game.

Greg Bateman's well-worked try was converted by Ross, and though the visitors were well beaten, they emerged from the contest with their head held high, despite having been condemned to relegation a week earlier.